Improvement in machines for printing skirts



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. DAVIES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES G. BENNETT ANDANDREW E. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING SKIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,072, datedSeptember 15, 1874; application filed February 14, 1874.

CASE B.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY J. DAVIES, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have inventedcertain Improvements in Machines for Printing Skirts, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention relates to machines for printin g, or printing andembossing, skirts and other articles of circular or partly circularform. The invention consists in a combination, with one or more conicalprinting or embossing rollers and a conical impression-roller, of aclosesided frame composed mainly of standards arranged to give a firm orunyielding support to both end bearings of the impression and printingrollers, with a clear space between two of the standards beyond the endsof the rollers for that portion of the skirt which does not require tobe printed or embossed. The invention also consists in a combination,with a printing-roller and with the doctor used to remove surplus ink orcolor from the latter, of one or more guards arranged over the endportion or portions of said roller, within the length of the doctor, andbetween the printing-roller and the impression-roller, whereby thesurplus ink or color distributed by the doctor toward the ends of theprinting-roller is prevented, by the intervention of the guard or guardsbetween the skirt and the printingroller at such portion, from streakingor marking the skirt.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a machine, in part, forprinting or embossing skirts, having my invention applied to it; Fig. 2,a vertical section of the same on the line :10 ax, and Fig. 3 ahorizontal section on the line y 3 In this machine, as in the onepreviously invented by me, for which Letters Patent N 0. 137,184 wereissued March 25, 1873, I use a conical impression-roller, A, which iscovered with india-rubber, or other like material, to give it a yieldingsurface; also a conical printing-roller, B, and, if desired, anadditional conical embossing-roller arranged at a suitable distance fromthe printing-roller. Furthermore, the axes of these rollers all convergetoprinting-rollers on the one side of them, and

of an arc form, with its edges struck from the point in which the axesand profile lines of the rollers A B would meet; also furnished on itsouter side with a guide, b, for guiding the goods to be operated ontothe rollers, said guide conforming to the arc shape of the ta- ;ble; Thetable 1) is of greater length, extending beyond the smaller ends of theimpression and printing rollers A B, to provide for support of the upperpart of the skirt, in part or in whole, which does not require to beprinted. The frame for support of the journals of the impression rollerA and of the printingroller B is of peculiar construction, and is whatmay be termed a close-sided one, being formed principally of outeruprights or standards E E, mounted on a suitable base, and preferablyconnected at their upper ends by a brace or cross-stay, F, also of anintermediate standard, G, which is arranged at a proper distance fromthe one outer standard, E, leaving a space, H, to accommodate theportion of the skirt not requiring to beprinted. These several standardsserve to form bearings for support of the journals of the impression andprinting rollers AB in a firm or steady manner, and without thatliability to spring which is incidental to a support of the journals bymeans of a hanger.

The skirt to be ornamented, with its upper portion lying loose withinthe space H and over the narrowest end of the feed-table D, is fed overthe latter with its bottom or outer edge against the guide to conductit, as required, to the impression and printing rollers between thestandards E E.

Arranged over the delivery edge of the tableD are a pair of rollers, SS, the lower one, S, of them extending the length of the table, orthereabout, and supported at both of its ends in bearings, while theupper one, S, of these rollers is of shorter length, corresponding tothe depth of the printing to be done, or thereabout, and has only abearing at its outer end 0, and its opposite or inner end d left open orfree, preferably with capacity to yield by makingthe support 6, whichcarries said roller, an elastic one, and so that the skirt may readilybe admitted between the two rollers S S, and under the free inner edgeof the upper one. These rollers S S are also conical, and taper in thedirection of the impression and printin g rollers. Said rollers serve toremove irregularities in the surface of the skirt, and to smooth or evenit before the latter passes to the printing devices. Furthermore, thereis arranged to lie up against, or in close proximity to, theimpression-roller A, in advance of the printing-roller B, anothersimilarly-taperin g roller, I, for the purpose of insuring the evenlaying of the portion of the skirt to be printed on the printing-roller,or between the latter and the impression-roller. J is the doctor,arranged to extend throughout the length of the printing-roller, andserving, as in other plain surface-printing rollers, for calicoprintingor other purposes, to scrape off or remove surplus ink. As, however,such surplus ink or color is collected or forced by the doctor towardthe ends of the printing-roller, and as, in the present instance, aportion of the fabric under operation extends beyond the end or ends ofthe printing-roller or printing-surface of the roller B, and as suchcollection of ink would be apt to objectionably streak or mark the skirtor fabric, Iarrange over the end or ends of the printing-roller B, andbetween the latter and the impression-roller A, beyond theprinting-surface of the roller B, but Within the length of the doctor J,one or more guards, K, which may either be elastic or rigid, and becarried by the base on which the table D rests, or by the standards ofthe main frame, but are shown as formed of elastic strips attached attheir one end to the base L of the table, and free at their outer ends.In the feed of the skirt or fabric, the latter passes over these guardsK, and between them and the impression-rollerA, thereby preventing theink which is collected by the doctor at the ends of the printing-rollerfrom coming in contact with the skirt.

I claim 1. The combination, with one or more conical printing orembossing rollers, B, and a conical impression-roller, A, of aclose-sided frame for support of the rollers, and composed of two outeror opposite standards, E E, and an intermediate standard, G, leaving anopen space, H, between the latter and its adjacent outer standard,substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a printing-roller, accompanyingimpression-roller, and a doctor applied to the former, of one or moreguards arranged over the end or ends of the printingroller, within thelength of the doctor, and between the printing and impression rollers,essen tially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

HENRY J. DAVIES.

Witnesses:

HENRY '1. BROWN, MICHAEL RYAN.

